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FLORA

FLORA, A TRIBUTE TO THE CONCEPT OF METAMORPHOSIS OF PLANTS.

FLOWERS AND FRUITS ARE IN ESSENCE THE SAME THING, THEY ARE JUST AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR LIVES. EVEN THOUGH NOT EVERY FLOWER RESULTS IN A FRUIT, ANY FRUIT WE ENJOY WAS AT ONE TIME A FLOWER AND THOSE FRUITS CONTAIN IN TURN THE SEEDS FOR FUTURE FLOWERS.

FLORA HAS A LATIN ORIGIN MEANING FLOWERS, AND IN ROMAN MYTHOLOGY REPRESENTED THE GODDESS OF SPRING, PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND FERTILITY. THERE IS A MYTH AROUND HER WHERE SHE WAS PORTRAYED AS A NYMPH WHO TRANSFORMED INTO FLORA AFTER BEING KISSED BY ZEPHYRUS, THE GOD OF THE WEST WIND. SHOWN AS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN IN A LONG, FLOWING DRESS WITH FLOWERS IN HER HAIR, STREWING FLOWERS OVER THE EARTH, WAS DEPICTED AS HAVING THE POWER TO MAKE BOTH NATURE AND HUMANS MORE FERTILE. MY DESIGN FLORA REPRESENTS THE METAMORPHOSIS OF NATURE TO PRESERVE LIFE. THE TRANSFORMATION OF A FRUIT INTO FLOWERS TO COMPLETE THE CYCLE AND THROUGH THEIR SEEDS BECOME A FRUIT AGAIN, A SYMBOL OF FERTILITY. IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE ROMAN FLORA WAS PORTRAYED AS A GOD, I GAVE MY DESIGN THIS NAME BECAUSE IT ELEVATES FLOWERS AND FRUITS TO THE LEVEL THEY DESERVE, AND FOR ME IT SYMBOLIZES THE GOD FLORA.

Flora is a vase, and a stand. A sculptural centerpiece that aims to help you “stay present” and focus on the natural elements that surround our daily life promoting an intimate relationship with nature in the domestic environment. A way to elevate flowers and fruits to the level they deserve.

Flora is made out of 3 pieces of white translucent Alabaster (central pillar and 2 round plates), a glass tube and natural cork to adjust joints. The central vase acts as a pillar where the two round plates are inserted to create the stand. The glass tube insert accommodates water and flowers. It can be removed to easily replace/add water and to be cleaned.